Dreaming is a great way to get relaxation in most cases. Well unless you are having a nightmare, or falling, or something else. But what do dreams mean? Will you ever follow through with something you've done in a dream?
But do many remember what they have dreamt at night? There are many times that you may remember the dream for a bit, but as you wake up more and the day goes on, you may also completely lose what you've dreamt about. In that case, should you even worry about what a dream means?
A person who is creative will use dreams to their advantage too. In fact many writers and painters will get stories or images directly from what they dreamt about. At times these images and ideas can be terrifying.
Though everyone has their own thoughts on what their dreams really mean. There are dream dictionaries that you can find online that will tell you supposedly just what those dreams mean.
Plus over the years if you look at them, dreams and the meanings behind them have changed many times. Or it will also depend on what school of thought you belong too. So can you really trust what the meaning of a dream is?
Or if you go with Freud's way of thinking almost all dreams you have are connected to sexual feelings that are repressed. Of course it's also known that one of Freud's most popular vices was the use of Cocaine. Not taking anything from the brilliant doctor though, because his studies have vastly improved modern psychology.
Better yet should everyone's dreams be categorized as one way of thinking? Absolutely not, that would mean that everyone had the same thoughts, dreams and desires. This obviously is not true. So don't put that much into the meaning behind a dream.
But just because I dream of killing someone, it doesn't mean that I have feelings that are unresolved, or a problem that is stressing me out. Heck most of the time when I do dream about that it makes the way into a story of some kind. Just wait one day everyone will find out what they are all about!
Heck dreams are the way that many live out fantasies they would never do in real life. So maybe in a sense Freud was semi right about his thoughts. Maybe it is the Id really trying to get out and show us how much fun we could have if we just let go. But most likely not.
